Pruning Mature Trees 
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Fig. 1.—All exaggerated type of open head; a waste of fruiting space in a Colorado apple tree. 
Fig. 2—A tree allowed to grow at will. Ruined by a heavy crop of fruit. It was not over¬ 
loaded for it matured its crop, but the fruit was all near the tops of the long arms. 
Fig. 3—Jonathan tree well headed-in and stocky. .Such a system of pruning is necessary 
with the mature Jonathan. 
Fig. 4—A neglected Jonathan. The leaders are long and willowy and the tips are loaded 
with fruit spurs. The top of the.se leaders develop small leaves and set a large crop of fruit 
that rarely comes up to size. All these leaders should be cut back to strong laterals. A 
candidate for the same fate as Fig. 2. 
